Bible Cross References
The voice
Matthew 3:1-3
1
At that time John the Baptist came to the desert of Judea and started preaching.
2
"Turn away from your sins," he said, "because the Kingdom of heaven is near!"
3
John was the man the prophet Isaiah was talking about when he said, "Someone is shouting in the desert, 'Prepare a road for the Lord; make a straight path for him to travel!' "
Mark 1:2-5
2
It began as the prophet Isaiah had written: "God said, 'I will send my messenger ahead of you to open the way for you.'
3
Someone is shouting in the desert, 'Get the road ready for the Lord; make a straight path for him to travel!' "
4
So John appeared in the desert, baptizing and preaching. "Turn away from your sins and be baptized," he told the people, "and God will forgive your sins."
5
Many people from the province of Judea and the city of Jerusalem went out to hear John. They confessed their sins, and he baptized them in the Jordan River.
Luke 3:2-6
2
and Annas and Caiaphas were High Priests. At that time the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the desert.
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So John went throughout the whole territory of the Jordan River, preaching, "Turn away from your sins and be baptized, and God will forgive your sins."
4
As it is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah: "Someone is shouting in the desert: 'Get the road ready for the Lord; make a straight path for him to travel!
5
Every valley must be filled up, every hill and mountain leveled off. The winding roads must be made straight, and the rough paths made smooth.
6
The whole human race will see God's salvation!' "
John 1:23
John answered by quoting the prophet Isaiah: "I am 'the voice of someone shouting in the desert: Make a straight path for the Lord to travel!' "
Prepare
Isaiah 35:8
There will be a highway there, called "The Road of Holiness." No sinner will ever travel that road; no fools will mislead those who follow it.
Isaiah 57:14
The LORD says, "Let my people return to me. Remove every obstacle from their path! Build the road and make it ready!
Isaiah 62:10
People of Jerusalem, go out of the city And build a road for your returning people! Prepare a highway; clear it of stones! Put up a signal so that the nations can know
Isaiah 62:11
That the LORD is announcing to all the earth: "Tell the people of Jerusalem That the LORD is coming to save you, Bringing with him the people he has rescued."
Malachi 3:1
The LORD Almighty answers, "I will send my messenger to prepare the way for me. Then the Lord you are looking for will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger you long to see will come and proclaim my covenant."
Malachi 4:5
"But before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes, I will send you the prophet Elijah.
Malachi 4:6
He will bring fathers and children together again; otherwise I would have to come and destroy your country."
Luke 1:16
and he will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.
Luke 1:17
He will go ahead of the Lord, strong and mighty like the prophet Elijah. He will bring fathers and children together again; he will turn disobedient people back to the way of thinking of the righteous; he will get the Lord's people ready for him."
Luke 1:76
"You, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High God. You will go ahead of the Lord to prepare his road for him,
Luke 1:77
to tell his people that they will be saved by having their sins forgiven.
make
Isaiah 11:15
The LORD will dry up the Gulf of Suez, and he will bring a hot wind to dry up the Euphrates, leaving only seven tiny streams, so that anyone can walk across.
Isaiah 11:16
There will be a highway out of Assyria for those of his people Israel who have survived there, just as there was for their ancestors when they left Egypt.
Isaiah 43:19
Watch for the new thing I am going to do. It is happening already---you can see it now! I will make a road through the wilderness and give you streams of water there.
Isaiah 49:11
"I will make a highway across the mountains and prepare a road for my people to travel.
Psalm 68:4
Sing to God, sing praises to his name; prepare a way for him who rides on the clouds. His name is the LORD ---be glad in his presence!